Any option to acquire or dispose of quoted securities which is offered in accordance with the rules of the Exchange is hereby declared to be an option to which Part 3 of the Act applies.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice declares options to acquire or dispose of quoted securities (as that term is defined) that are offered in accordance with the rules of Aklaw Number Thirty Nine Limited for the conduct of a futures exchange by that company to be options to which Part 3 of the Securities Amendment Act 1988 applies.

The term futures contract is defined by section 37(1) of the Securities Amendment Act 1988 to include an option declared by the Securities Commission to be an option to which Part 3 of the Act applies.

Under section 38 of that Act no person may deal in futures contracts unless that person is a member of an authorised futures exchange or is authorised by the Commission to carry on the business of dealing in futures contracts.

It is intended that Aklaw Number Thirty Nine Limited will acquire the business of New Zealand Futures & Options Exchange Limited which will then cease to conduct a market or exchange for trading in futures contracts.

Contents

1General

2About this eprint

3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Notes

1General

This is an eprint of the Futures Contracts (Options for Quoted Securities) Notice 1992. It incorporates all the amendments to the notice as at 6 November 2008. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

2About this eprint

This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see “Making online legislation official” under “Status of legislation on this site” in the About section of this website.